Scarlett (G.I. Joe)

Scarlett
G.I. Joe character
File:Scarletdc.jpg Scarlett from Scarlett Declassified
First appearance	1982
Voiced by	B. J. Ward (Sunbow) Lisa Ann Beley (Spy Troops and Valor vs. Venom) Amy Birnbaum (Sigma 6 Episodes 1-8) Veronica Taylor (Sigma 6 Episode 9 on) Grey DeLisle (Resolute)
In-universe information
Affiliation	G.I. Joe
Specialty	Counter Intelligence
File name	O'Hara, Shana M.
Birth place	Atlanta, GA
SN	RA242967434
Rank	E-8 Master Sergeant
Primary MOS	Intelligence
Secondary MOS	CLASSIFIED
Subgroups	Ninja Force

Scarlett (aka Agent Scarlett) is a fictional character from G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, a line of military-themed toys created by Hasbro. The character is one of the original members of the fictional team and toy line. She is a major character of the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero comic book series and the animated series. She has also appeared in G.I. Joe: Sigma 6, appearing in both the animated series and comic book.

Hasbro Toys

A Real American Hero Series

She was the first female action figure in the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toy line. The official line on Scarlett is that her full name is Shana M. O'Hara. She was born in Atlanta, Georgia. Although she is as adept with standard weapons as any of her comrades, her weapon of choice is the crossbow which fires various bolts with specialized functions. Her rank is Master Sergeant, and she serves from time to time as team leader. Her primary specialty for the team is counter intelligence and is additionally skilled in martial arts and acrobatics. Of note, her secondary military specialty remains classified in all of her file cards.

She learned her martial arts skills from her father, who trained her and her three brothers as he was an instructor. She has several black belts in various forms of martial arts. She has long red hair, which she tends to put up into a pony tail. In some of her appearances, it is shown she may speak with a southern drawl or localized Georgian accent. She also graduated summa cum laude from a prestigious university, and passed her Bar Exams to practice law before moving into the military. In comic continuity she also has a sister, Siobhan, who visited her after she lapsed into a coma following the Baroness shooting her at point-blank range. After her doctors proclaimed her brain-dead, Siobahn obtained a court-order to terminate Scarlett's life-support.

Her quote is "Beauty may only be skin deep, but lethal is to the bone"

As of April 2009, she has 14 figures in the 3 and 3/4 inch line. At two points during the releases of figures, the trademark on the name Scarlett was lost, so she has been released as Scarlett and as Agent Scarlett.

Vintage/Modern

Scarlett is the first female member of the G.I. Joe team to be given an action figure. Her first figure was made back in 1982, making her one of the only figures of that year to have a completely unique mold. Her mold is also unique in that it is the only figure not to have peg holes in the feet.

She is usually packaged with some form of crossbow. She usually is part of the regular line of figures, but has been a member of the Ninja Force (which used a synthetic hair material to make her pony tail).

A new version of Scarlett was released in 1993 as part of the Ninja Force line.

Sigma 6

Although she is a member of the Sigma 6 team in the animated series, Scarlett was not made as a figure for the 8 inch line. She was released in 2006 as a member of the 2 and a 1/2 in figure line with a helicopter in the "Mission: Copter Countdown" set. To date, this is the only figure in the Sigma 6 line for Scarlett.

International Variants

In Argentina, the 1982 mold of Scarlett was recolored blonde with a blue and white uniform and released as Glenda.

25th Anniversary

Scarlett was featured in the G.I. Joe team 5 pack for the 25th Anniversary in 2007 as an intelligence officer, using a new mold heavily based on her first design. She was released in several different comic packs. Her most unique release was her 2008 release as a Counter Intelligence officer. For this version, her uniform was painted blue and silver as a homage to Glenda.

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

To coincide with the launch of the new movie, Hasbro released two figures in July 2009 based on the Scarlett movie character. For both releases, she is listed as Shana "Scarlett" O'Hara.

The first, classified as Covert Operations, features Scarlett in a camouflage uniform. The second, classified as Desert Ambush, features her in the movie style black uniform.

Comics - Origin

Scarlett from G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero. Promotional Cover B to G.I. Joe Declassified #2

Devil's Due - Scarlett: Declassified

This one-shot reveals that before she joined the G.I. Joe team, she was a member of the Army. She was given training above and beyond what a female was allowed to receive at the time, as the generals putting G.I. Joe together wanted a secret weapon that enemies would not suspect. It is revealed that during her time in the CIA she is first given a mini-crossbow, which eventually becomes her weapon of choice. Also, much of her history with martial arts is revealed. Her last mission before joining the G.I. Joe team faces her off against Destro for the first time. It is because of the intelligence that she gathers, as well as her skills, that she is brought into the team.

Real American Hero - Marvel

Scarlett first appeared in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #1 (June 1982).

Scarlett's first assignment on the G.I. Joe team was to train the new team in hand-to-hand combat. During the exercises, she met Snake Eyes for the first time. While she bested most of the team's members, she recognized that Snake Eyes was a superior fighter despite the fact that he had allowed her to beat him, allowing her to keep her dignity and respect with the other Joes. Scarlett was intrigued by his actions, and as a result, they became very close. On a mission in the Middle East, Snake Eyes, Scarlett, Rock 'n Roll, and Grunt were sent to save George Strawhacker from Cobra. On the way, the helicopter in which they were traveling began to malfunction, forcing Rock 'n' Roll and Grunt to bail out before it crashed. Scarlett remained stuck in the burning helicopter, however, and Snake Eyes stayed behind to save her. He rescued her, but a window exploded right in his face, scarring him and damaging his vocal cords. Despite his injuries, Snake Eyes convinced Hawk to let him continue with the mission.

Scarlett recovered from her injuries but Snake Eyes harbored no ill will and the two became even closer. At one point, Scarlett had gone undercover with Cobra, though few officers in the orginization believed her. As part of the cover, she is forced to believe that she has caused the death of Stalker and Hawk. She takes part in the hunt for Destro and Baroness and confronts them when Snake-Eyes and Storm-Shadow rescue the two. To keep up the cover, Snake-Eyes impales her on his sword. The Cobra ninja Slice realizes that since the wound was not instantly fatal (Scarlett was verbally realizing she had not killed her friends) that Snake-Eyes had 'pulled' his attack. Therefore, Scarlett was still working for the G.I.Joe team.

Scarlett is badly injured again when a vengeful Baroness, who thought Snake Eyes had killed her brother, shot her in the midst of kidnapping Snake Eyes. Scarlett eventually recovered from her coma and was reunited with Snake Eyes. The two would continue to serve G.I. Joe, even becoming members of the Ninja Force special team, until the Joe Team disbanded.

Reinstatement - Devils Due

When the team reformed, the two were forced to work together. Scarlett was initially angry at Snake Eyes but came to forgive him in the end. In 2002, Snake Eyes proposed to Scarlett a second time and they are again engaged to be married in the current storyline. They continued to serve on the team together through the final wake of the Red Shadows, the death of Lady Jaye, and the eventual second disbandment of the team.

Alternate Realities/Continuities

G.I. Joe Reloaded

This series has a drastically different approach to G.I. Joe's creation. Scarlett is still working with her father and brothers when he receives a mysterious package and is killed by the poisonous contents. She later joins the new team, and eventually leads the team in its final mission to liberate Hawaii before the U.S. Army bombs the state after COBRA takes it over.

G.I. Joe vs. Transformers

This is made up of four mini-series as of 2007. This series takes a drastically different approach to the formation of the G.I. Joe team as being a special missions team to defend Earth against COBRA who has Cybertronian technology. As part of this, Scarlett is one of the few Joes who operates a giant mecha robot of her own. Scarlett appears during the third miniseries and it is shown that Snake Eyes has a love interest with Scarlett. Scarlett returned those feelings to Snake Eyes with a passionate kiss. In the final issue of the third miniseries, Scarlett is looking for Snake Eyes as Arcee is synthesizing a meal. He is hiding up in the ceiling behind her and sticks a note on her back. Scarlett responds to his message by saying: "Do you want to continue playing our little game?". She is briefly shown in the fourth mini-series still being a member of the G.I. Joe team.

IDW Comics

In this new continuity, Scarlett was one of the first Joes, working alongside Duke on her debut mission (G.I. Joe: Origins). In the present day, she is a commanding officer based at the Pit and now outranks Duke.

Cartoon

Sunbow

Scarlett first appeared in the MASS Device mini-series. She was portrayed as the typical tough female member of the team, intelligent and strong- willed. Like Duke and Flint, she was almost characteristically interchangeable with Lady Jaye when the latter woman was introduced in the series. Generally, though, if Flint is not present, she takes command after Duke. She was primarily responsible for calling the Joes into action against orders from their superiors who were actually synthoid duplicates. She was the only one to suspect that the Duke that led the mission was a synthoid himself. She tested that idea in battle by pretending that her Skystriker jet fighter was losing control. The fake Duke was her co-pilot and she pleaded for him to save himself. When he ejected instead of staying to help her, it proved to Scarlett that he was an impostor and moved to later stop him. As mentioned earlier, Scarlett makes use of a variety of specialized arrows with her crossbow, such as flare arrows, tractor rigs, grappling lines, and high explosive tipped arrows.

She was featured in one of the series' Public Service Announcements convincing a girl that she'd never learn to water ski if she gave up so easily after each failed attempt.

All through the Sunbow-produced series, Scarlett was voiced by actress B. J. Ward.

G.I. Joe: The Movie

Like many of the characters from the previous seasons, Scarlett is shown in a small part of the movie.

DiC

Scarlett appeared in five of the second season DIC series episodes—Chunnel, The Sword, Long Live Rock and Roll (two parter), Messenger from the Deep, and Shadow of a Doubt. She was primarily featured in a variation of her 1982 outfit, in a different color scheme. (Pink replaced gray, for example.)

Action Force

The Z Force character Quarrel in the European G. I. Joe equivalent, Action Force is a re-work of Scarlett. Quarrel was cast as a Swiss diplomat's daughter, specialized in martial arts, and was packaged with the Z Force Rapid Fire motorcycle and Attack Cannon. Released in 1984 with the second generation of Action Force, she was again re-painted and re-characterized in the accompanying Battle Action Force comic books in 1985, this time as Scarlett, with the introduction of the third generation AF range. However, her character did not conform fully to her G. I. Joe counterpart as she was cast as a Belgian undercover operative. The range was discontinued in Europe in the late 1980s.

G.I. Joe direct to video movies

Scarlett was a member of the G.I. Joe team in both direct-to-video movies, Spy Troops and Valor vs. Venom. These movies seem to be more associated with the continuity in Sigma Six, and do not really seem to have any direct ties to previous animated continuity.

Spy Troops

Serves as a second in command to the team. She is taken hostage by Zartan when he steals a helicopter. She is later rescued by Snake Eyes and the team.

Sigma 6

Animated series

In the new series, G.I. Joe: Sigma 6 , Scarlett's background is substantially altered. This version of Scarlett is more of a hard charger and appears younger (although that may be due to the anime-influenced art style of Sigma 6). She serves as the team's second in command under Duke. The 4Kids TV website for Sigma 6 also mentions her expertise as a helicopter pilot while at the same time dropping any mention of her specialty in counter-intelligence. Tunnel Rat seems to have a crush on her (which is based on nothing from the comic book) after a mission they were on and after TR tried on cologne that was supposed to attract women but failed after he was covered in a rash. Scarlett also appears to have a rougher edge to her as she explained she hasn't worn a dress since senior prom.

Comic series

This comic series was a 6 issue mini series released by Devils Due with direct connection to the new Animated TV Series. Like the Animated TV Series, this comic line does not tie into the continuity of the original G.I. Joe universe.

Scarlett appears as the main star of issue 4, where she is pitted against the Baroness. Scarlett is requested to serve as a body guard for a visiting Prime Minister at a fashion show. He reveals that he chose Scarlett because he wanted her to be his date, not his protector, which she feels very upset with for being under estimated. Baroness lures Scarlett away, and the Dreadnoks kidnap the Prime Minister. After realizing it was all a set up, Scarlett follows, and singlehandedly defeats all of the Cobra Agents, and releases the Prime Minister. The issue ends with him admitting he did in fact under estimate Scarlett, and she comments, "Now you know, and knowing is half the battle!"

This issue again stresses that Scarlett is a no nonsense woman, who does not take being a soldier lightly. She feels that she has a lot more to prove, especially against all of the other men she serves with, but she shows that when push comes to shove, she is a Joe and will win the battle.

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Scarlett
G.I. Joe character
Scarlett in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
First appearance	2009
Portrayed by	Rachel Nichols
In-universe information
Affiliation	G.I. Joe
Specialty	Intelligence Specialist
File name	Shana O'Hara
SN	624-29-SC34
Rank	Sergeant (E-5)
Series	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Rachel Nichols portrays Scarlett in Stephen Sommers' live-action film, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.

Relationships

The various iterations of the G.I. Joe story presented in different media throughout the years have romantically paired Scarlett with two different characters - Duke and Snake Eyes. The Marvel comic book series, which paired Scarlett with Snake Eyes, the Sunbow cartoon series had Duke kiss the character Selena in episode The MASS Device. Duke also kissed Cover Girl in Cobra Claws Are Coming to Town."

The revival of the G.I. Joe comic book in the 21st Century by Image and Devil's Due Publishing is set in the same continuity as the Marvel series, and such, Scarlett remains paired with Snake Eyes in those titles. In various "alternate reality" comic books, such as G.I. Joe Reloaded, Snake Eyes is not a member of G.I. Joe but is seen to pine after Scarlett from afar, while in others, like the numerous crossovers with the Transformers property, Scarlett and Snake Eyes also wind up becoming a couple in the course of the story.

In the Sunbow Cartoon during The MASS Device, Snake Eyes sacrifices himself to save the team and he and Scarlett touch palms while separated by a plexiglass wall, which brings Scarlett to tears. When Snake Eyes returns to headquarters alive, Scarlett throws herself into his arms. In the G.I. Joe: Resolute series, it is indicated that Scarlett has had romantic partnerships in the past with both Duke and Snake Eyes, and in the course of the storyline, Duke makes her choose to be with him.

The new G.I. JOE comics have yet to show who she will end up with, but a past relationship with Duke is evident.

In the Rise of Cobra film, she is shown giving in, to a minor extent, to Ripcord's advances at the end of the movie by giving him a 'good luck' kiss.

Video game

Scarlett is featured in the 1985 G.I. Joe computer game.

Other media

• Scarlett appears in the Robot Chicken episode "PS: Yes In That Way" voiced by Katee Sackhoff. She is among the G.I. Joe members who make fun of the new recruit Calvin (who was nicknamed "Fumbles" for his clumsiness). She is later sniped by Calvin. In "The Ramblings of Maurice," Scarlett is present at Junkyard's funeral.

External links

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• YOJOE's Scarlett Figures
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